[W126 Coupe] Transmission in reverse help!

[eurotech1 at charter.net]

I've run into this a couple of times on cars at our shop. This was on a 560SL and a 350SDL, both 722 series trannies, the front clutch pack basket has a pin cast into the back of it, and it had broken off on both of these cars. Since the tranny had to be torn down to replace the basket, we went ahead and replaced all the internal seals and clutch packs too. But the broken pin is what was causing the reverse delay. Rebuild or replace the tranny.

                     Later,
               Christopher Huffine  
> From: "Trinh, Scott" <Scott.Trinh at axcelis.com>
> Date: 2005/06/02 Thu PM 12:41:31 EDT
> To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Transmission in reverse help!
> 
> Hi all,
>  
> Lately, I'm experiencing a delay (up to 30sec) when I put it in reverse before the car moves.  Seems like the reverse gear is not catching.  I don't have any problems in the drive mode.  The gears are switching normally.  It's only in reverse. I've also checked and changed the transmission fluid.  It was fine.
>  
> I've tried searching the archives and all the information of a bad transmission was in the drive mode.  Any experiences with this?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Scott
> 1990 560SEC
> 224k miles
> 
> 
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